After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as in the contemporary ones.
I'm sure people in the business have said: She's too old for that part. I don't hear about it because your agent protects you from those negative things.
And what we were trying to offer every day was one-on-one attention. The goal was to have a one-to-one ratio with every one of these students.